Port Huron High School - Student Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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Years of Growing a Heritage of Community Co-operation One -hundred years have seen dreams and determination built into Port Huron High School. Although the road to success was not an easy one, success has been achieved. PHHS, a fifty-classroom building, is com- plete now and in good condition, but it wasn’t always that way. The first high school, located on the third floor in the second ward school, was estab- lished in 1865. The first graduating class, consisting of four members, graduated in 1869. Then, the citizens of Port Huron en- gaged in different activities to raise funds so that a separate high school might be built. In 1870, the citizens reached their goal, and a $41, 000 building was opened on Erie St. Then, in 1873, the first disaster struck- -the new high school burned. Within a year, however, a new building was completed on the same site. But on May 26, 1906, on a Tuesday afternoon, again the high school burned. PHHS number THREE was temporarily set up in SanbornHome onSeventh St. In 1908, another PHHS was built on Erie St. at the cost of $120,000. Today, this building houses our present St . Clair County Community College. In December of 1944, the Board of Educa- tion purchased the first piece of property where our present high school now stands. The blue -prints were begun in 1954, and in 1956, the building was completed. The stu- dents were moved into the new PH in January of 1957 .

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